Queensland Awards - Australian Institute of Architects

ABOUT THE NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS PROGRAM

Showcasing Architectural Excellence Across Queensland and Beyond

The Institute proudly champions Australian architects and architecture on national and global stages. Since 1981, the National Architecture Awards program has celebrated excellence in the profession, inspiring architects to shape communities through outstanding design.

In Queensland, this journey begins with the Queensland Regional Architecture Awards, which spotlight the diverse projects across seven regions: Far North Queensland, North Queensland, Central Queensland, Darling Downs & West Moreton, Sunshine Coast, Greater Brisbane, and Gold Coast & Northern Rivers.

Regional award winners progress to the Queensland Architecture Awards, where they compete for the chance to be recognised at the National Architecture Awards. By entering the Queensland Awards, architects position their work for recognition at local, state, and national levels, showcasing the best of Queensland on a broader stage.

2025 QUEENSLAND AWARDS TIMELINE

2025 Queensland State Jury

The Institute’s Architecture Awards recognise excellence and innovation in design and are conferred via a rigorous system of peer review.

Presenting the 2025 Queensland State Jury Co-Chairs, Jonathan Goh and Allison Stout. Jonathan and Allison have been appointed as Queensland Co-Chair of Juries to oversee more than 20 Juries across the state. They will be joined by Philip Follent and Josephine MacLeod as State Jurors, delivering on the vision of the Queensland Architecture Awards, which has a long-standing history of pride in ensuring that every project entered each year is visited.

Expressions of Interest to be a Jury member for the Queensland Architecture Awards are open. Complete your application here.

Submissions close 11:59 pm Friday 7 February 2025.

Jurors please download the 2025 Awards Jury Handbook

Jonathan goh RAIA
QUEENSLAND CO-CHAIR OF JURIES

Jonathan, a partner at m3architecture, has over 20 years of experience in architectural practice.

He has completed many award-winning education and public projects, including projects for the Women’s College within the University of Sydney and Brisbane Girls Grammar School. He is equally interested in working on smaller social projects that enhance the fabric of streets and neighbourhoods, such as the Ryan Street Library.

He enjoys sharing his knowledge as a guest lecturer and at events like Pecha Kucha, Brisbane Open House, and the Asia Pacific Architecture Festival.

allison stout RAIA
QUEENSLAND CO-CHAIR OF JURIES

With a design career spanning back to 2001, Allison has cultivated a rich and diverse portfolio across various project typologies, including high-end residential, commercial, hospitality, education, and remote health and social housing initiatives. Over the years, she has had the privilege of collaborating directly with Indigenous communities in locations such as the Northern Territory, Southwest Victoria, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste, India, and Western Australia.

For the past 13 years, Allison has effectively served as a Project and Design Architect, steering projects from their conceptualization through to the conclusion of defects and liability periods. Her extensive experience traverses the domains of Indigenous housing, social housing, tourism, remote health, remote education, community development, commercial interiors, and feasibility studies.

Philip Follent LFRAIA
QUEENSLAND STATE JUROR

Philip has been a State Director of the Architecture Awards, National Juror for the RAIA Awards, and for the ALIA Libraries of Australia Design Excellence Awards in 2017, 2019, and 2021. He has recently been acknowledged by his peers with the perpetual naming of the Building of the Year award for the Gold Coast Northern Rivers Architecture Awards in his honor.

His architectural practice has won over twenty architectural awards, and in 1996 he was declared Lecturer of the Year at the Queensland University of Technology across all campuses.

Philip was Gold Coast City Council’s first City Architect and was appointed Queensland Government Architect in 2008. He was the inaugural Chair of the Queensland Board for Urban Places, an inaugural member of the Queensland Design Council, and the Founding Head of the Soheil Abedian School of Architecture at Bond University.

Josephine MacLeod RAIA
QUEENSLAND STATE JUROR

Josephine is a registered architect, urbanist, and design advocate with over 15 years’ experience working within the built environment. As a Director within the Office of the Queensland Government Architect, Josephine’s role includes supporting policy, undertaking design reviews, and providing urban design advice to support well-made, sustainable, and healthy communities throughout Queensland.

Prior to working for OQGA, Josephine practiced as a registered architect, working largely on public buildings across Queensland. Her work has been recognised by her peers, including architecture awards for Act for Kids Child and Family Centre for Excellence, Townsville, and Hinze Dam Visitor Centre, Gold Coast.

Greater Brisbane Regional Jurors

Commercial Architecture

Brendan Sutton (Captain)
Nicole Milne
Emma Townsend

Educational Architecture

Andrew Kimmins (Captain)
Alex Ward
Grant Chapman

Heritage Architecture

Luke Pendergast (Captain)
Andrew Uttley
John Hay
Anna Campbell

Small Project Architecture

Andrew Costa (Captain)
Suzy Syme
Simon Moisey
Ainsley Wynne
Sam McQueeney

Interior Architecture

Catherine Baudet (Captain)
Suzanne Bosanquet
Madison Ducat
Yim Eng Ng
Phillipa Drynan

Urban Design

Brett Hudson (Captain)
Daniel Brown
Angelo Pagano
Jade Bebbington

Public Architecture

Tanya Golitschenko (Captain)
Brian Steendyk
Hang Chung Ling
Coral Gillett
David Gowty

Residential Architecture – Alterations and Additions

Andrew Noonan (Captain)
Nicholas Harvey
Julie Lawrence
Carolina Zequim
Catherine Sinnamon

Residential Architecture – New

Paul Sekava (Captain)
Joseph Joven
Lauren Hickling

Residential Architecture – Multiple Housing

Michael Dickson (Captain)
David McEvoy
Kai Chua
Cathie Schnitzerling
Atee Safaei

Darling Downs And West Moreton Regional Jurors

Tammy Neumann (Captain)
George Taran
Keaton Evans
Belinda Sanders
David Quinlan

Central Queensland Regional Jurors

Roger Mainwood (Captain)
Ingrid Marshall
Andrew Costa
Anna Svensdotter

North Queensland Regional Jurors

Joseph Pappalardo (Captain)
Jeffrey Kerr
Alana Muir
Anna Svensdotter

Sunshine Coast Regional Jurors

Phil Smith (Captain)
Max Brammer
Kelly Martin
Deb Caruso
Brad Williams

Far North Queensland Regional Jurors

Nicole Ewing (Captain)
Andrew McFadden
Debora Barton
Peggy Lane
Ed Johnson

Gold Coast and Northern Rivers Regional Jurors

Pamela Deasy (Captain)
Cecilia Baker
Robert Norman
Andrew Winter
Andrew Leach

REGIONAL LEVEL AWARDS

The Australian Institute of Architects Queensland Chapter celebrates architectural excellence through its Regional Architecture Awards, spanning seven distinct regions: Brisbane, Central Queensland, Darling Downs and West Moreton, North Queensland, Far North Queensland, Gold Coast and Northern Rivers, and the Sunshine Coast. These awards highlight projects that reflect the unique characteristics and challenges of each area, from tropical and coastal designs to rural and urban developments.

Greater Brisbane

Andrew N. Liveris Building | Lyons + m3architecture | Photographer: Christopher Frederick Jones

Central Queensland

Rockhampton Museum of Art | Conrad Gargett, Clare Design (Lead Design Architects) and Brian Hooper Architect | Photographer: John Gollings

Gold Coast and Northern Rivers

Pimpama Sports Hub | Liquid Blu Pty Ltd | Photographer: Christopher Frederick Jones

Sunshine Coast

Family Tree House | Phorm architecture + design | Photographer: Christopher Frederick Jones

North Queensland

James Cook University Central Plaza | Cox Architecture and Counterpoint Architecture in association | Photographer: COX Architecture

Far North Queensland

Cairns Convention Centre Expansion | Cox Architecture and CA Architects | Photography: Christopher Frederick Jones

Darling Downs & West Moreton

Ipswich Hospital Mental Health Acute Inpatient Services | Hassell | Photographer: Courtesy of Hassell

Regional Project of the Year

Ipswich Hospital Mental Health Acute Inpatient Services | Hassell | Photographer: Courtesy of Hassell

The Lord Mayor's Buildings That Breathe Architecture Prize

For 2025, we are pleased to once again partner with Brisbane City Council to offer The Lord Mayor’s Brisbane Buildings that Breathe Architecture Prize. The prize recognises outstanding achievement in architecture for buildings that demonstrate strong alignment with Brisbane City Council’s New World City Design Guide – Buildings that Breathe.

Find out more.

The Lord Mayor’s Buildings that Breathe Prize is proudly sponsored by Brisbane City Council.

Queensland architecture awards

The Queensland State Architecture Awards, recognise the best architectural projects from across the state, with winners from the seven regional awards automatically progressing to the state level. Categories include Public Architecture, Residential Architecture, Heritage, Sustainable Architecture, and more, with recognition through Named Awards, Architecture Awards, and Commendations. State winners of Named Awards and Architecture Awards then progress to the National Architecture Awards, competing with projects from across Australia. This tiered system ensures outstanding designs are recognised at local, state, and national levels, showcasing innovation, sustainability, and the transformative power of architecture.

Social Impact Prize

Mari-Mari-Ba – Affordable Housing | Deicke Richards | Photographer: Christopher Frederick Jones

Art & Architecture Prize

Museum of Brisbane, The Local | Speculative Architecture | Photography: Charlie Hillhouse

Regional Project of the Year

Mundingburra Housing | Counterpoint Architecture | Photographer: Andrew Rankin Photography

The People's Choice Prize

Coconut Ice | Tomas O’Malley Architect | Photographer: Paul Beutel

Entry Requirements

Read about eligibility and entry requirements here.

Awards and prizes policy

Before submitting an entry into the Chapter Architecture Awards, please become familiar with the Awards, Prizes and Honours Policy, Terms and Conditions and Consent Forms here.

Key Dates

Entries Open	Monday 11 November 2024
Entries Close	Friday 14 February 2025
Regional Jury Site Visits	Greater Brisbane Darling Downs & West Moreton Gold Coast & Northern Rivers Far North Queensland North Queensland Sunshine Coast Central Queensland	3 - 12 March 10 - 12 March 10 - 12 March 17 - 20 March 17 - 20 March 24 - 27 March 7 - 9 April
State Jury Visits	Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Darling Downs & West Moreton, Far North Queensland, North Queensland, Central Quensland Greater Brisbane Commended Projcts	Concurrent with Regional visits 5 - 15 May* *Dates may change
QLD Regional Awards	Greater Brisbane North Queensland Far North Queensland Gold Coast & Northern Rivers Darling Downs & West Moreton Central Queensland Sunshine Coast	11 April 16 May 23 May 30 May
QLD State Awards	Queensland State Architecture Awards	27 June